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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York
  • Originally: Howard William Cohen
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Howard Cosell was a U.S. sports broadcaster who brought a "tell it like it is" attitude to the screen, greatly influencing the decorum of sports journalism.


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American sports broadcaster Howard Cosell was born in North Carolina in 1918 but was brought up in Brooklyn, NY. After a brief career as a lawyer, he became a sportscaster for ABC (1956) and was the boxing announcer throughout Muhammad Ali's career. He brought a "tell it like it is" attitude to the screen, greatly influencing the decorum of sports journalism from adulation to brassy and verbose.

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Sports broadcaster, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. After a brief career as a lawyer, he became a sportscaster for ABC (1956) and was the boxing announcer throughout Muhammad Ali's career. Famous for his signature remark, ??Telling it like it is??, his opinionated broadcasts for Monday Night Football won him fans and detractors alike.

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